backed

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Based on the projects outlined in the budget, it also appears that the VA has backed off from a plan detailed late last year to renovate two buildings as a gathering place for veterans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The company backed its full-year outlook for adjusted earnings of $27.40 to $27.90 a share and revenue of $43.50 billion to $44 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

She, too, backed nighttime closures and stressed that nobody was against the Tolbooth being improved.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The company has about $6 billion of corporate debt plus $18 billion of debt backed by its fleet of rental cars.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

A bond backed entirely by subprime mortgages, for example, wasn’t called a subprime mortgage bond.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis